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Among these people, some of them were scholars from the Central Plains who went to Liangzhou to study and teach, and some of them fled to the northwest because of the war in the Central Plains. Young people accounted for the majority of the hundreds of people, and some of them were already famous scholars, but at this time they were all prostrate on the ground, wailing at Zhang Mai's big line, they were not crying for themselves, they were crying for the country

Although Wei Renpu was sick, he also said excitedly: "Marshal, please meet them, at this time, the heart of the student"

Ma Xiaochun was a little worried that there were assassins hidden in the crowd, but Zhang Mai said: "Sven, what assassins can be hidden" immediately took Shi Jian, rode forward, and the scholars elected seven or eight people, but the leader was Fan Qian, who knelt down in front of Zhang Mai's horse, cried silently, and said: "Marshal, marshal, now Yidi is raging, and the Shi family is in dire straits, if you triumph later, you are only afraid of the Central Plains, and you will be left behind."

Wei Renpu said beside him: "Marshal, this is a world-famous talent, Fan Wensu. He also introduced seven other people, all of whom were famous Su Ru.

Zhang Mai saw that they were crying heavily, and it was also out of sincerity, so he dismounted and helped them up and asked: "I went west to the heavens, and I just came back, and I already know a little about the chaos in the Central Plains, but I don't know what happened to my brother Li Congke?" ”

Fan Zhen cried: "Shi Wei led Hu soldiers south, plotted against General Zhang, forced Luoyang, Shi Wei and the rebels, together with 160,000 Khitan soldiers and horses, surrounded Luoyang for three months, and finally Luoyang City fell, the lord of the country did not want to humiliate himself, and committed suicide by burning the building. ”

Zhang Mai heard it and said angrily: "Although Li Congke is not a Ming monarch, but he has a brother with me, Shi Jingjiao actually led Hu into the country, causing chaos in the Central Plains, and I will kill this fang in public and private."

Fan Zhen and others turned their sorrow into joy, and said: "The marshal has the hope of the world, if he can wave his army to the east, the fathers and elders of the Central Plains will definitely greet each other in the road, just Khitan and Shi Rebellion, why do you want the marshal to make a big plan as soon as possible, and enter the east to set Jiuding" said and prostrated on the ground.

All the students echoed in unison: "May the marshal make a big plan as soon as possible, and enter the eastern capital to determine Jiuding"

Zhang Mai pulled Fan Zhen up and said, "Wensu doesn't have to be like this, I already have a proposal to deal with Shi Jingjiao and Yelu Deguang." ”

The students saw Zhang Mai personally dismount to meet, and talked with their leader, they all felt honored, Zhang Mai said: "Now it is a troubled era, the country is employing people, the battlefield has its own warriors to drive, but the territory has been laid, driven away Hulu, but you still need talented people to govern. Arise, all of you. ”

All the students were overjoyed when they heard these two words, and Zhang Mai took Fan Zhen's hand and entered Liangzhou with him.

Guo Fen brought Princess Fu'an, Xue Shanya and her children to greet her, when Zhang Mai just set off, his son-in-law had not yet been born, but at this time he could call his father, and he was full of gratitude in his heart for a while, and said: "Although I live up to the expectations of the people of the country and the soldiers of the three armies, I have not been a good father."

Guo Fen said angrily: "What is the husband talking about, in today's world, it is necessary for the husband to remove the defilement of the world, how can the husband sit at home in the troubled times?" will sweep thousands of miles, a clear sky, this is a good example for children"

Husband and wife, father and son entered the city together, the front-line urgent report kept coming, Zhang Mai walked to the private room of the public mansion, Fu'an and Xue Shanya wept several times to welcome Zhang Mai back, but Guo Fen said: "During the husband's westward expedition, the concubine's wife accepted the husband's responsibility, and her shoulders were almost crushed, and now that the husband is back, the burden of the concubine can finally be unloaded, the front-line military situation is urgent, please work harder, there is a concubine at home, and the husband does not have to think about the family." ”

Fu'an's tears rolled down, but he still said to Xue Shanya: "What my sister said is, please don't think about the family, I will help my sister take care of family affairs, and I will take care of this sister from the west, and my husband doesn't have to worry about it." ”

The ministers next to him listened to it, and all praised the three ladies for understanding the righteousness, Zhang Mai came to the public mansion and summoned the ministers in Liang, the generals from Yang Dingguo down, and the Wenchen from Zheng Wei all came, only missing Guo Wei, who had just been promoted to the governor by Zhang Mai.

Zhang Mai said: "What about Guo Wei? ”

Yang Dingguo said: "General Guo arrived a month before the marshal, and he received a secret order from the marshal a few days ago, and he has already gone down to reorganize the army. It should be outside the city of Liangzhou now. ”

Zhang Mai said: "That's very good. "When I asked about the details of Liangzhou, I realized that things were better than expected, but there were also worse parts than expected.

The good part is that the grain stocks in Hexi are far beyond Zhang Mai's expectations. In the battle of the Western Expedition, although the Tiance regime almost exhausted the treasury, the money was spent like flowing water, and the government in charge of Zheng Wei was heavily in debt, but with the continuous victory of the Western Expedition, more and more merchants were willing to lend money to the Tiance Army, especially the Central Plains Rebellion, which was an absolute disaster for the people of Lianghe, but because there were many wealthy businessmen who heard the wind and moved first, or tried to transfer their wealth and children, or simply moved their families, and among all the places to flee, Jiangnan is a popular choice, and Hexi is another popular choice, Especially the wealthy businessmen in Guanzhong, seeing that the sky is in a big position and the Central Plains will be in chaos, I don't know how many families have moved to Hexi.

The wealth brought by these wealthy merchants is incalculable, and if they want to gain a foothold in Hexi, they naturally think of seeking political asylum, and under this motive, lending money to the reputable Tiance regime is the most convenient option, so although the fiscal deficit of the Tiance regime has been increasing over the past year or so, Zheng Wei always has money to meet new expenses.

In addition to silver and money, the amount of grain stored in Hexi also far exceeded Zhang Mai's expectations. Because the Tiance regime stretched for more than 10,000 miles from east to west, this expedition could not directly transfer grain from the east, and the initial logistical difficulties were not in the transportation along the way rather than in the lack of grain in the production area, so the grain consumed by the western expedition was mostly from the official warehouse west of Qiuci, Yang Yi wanted to help the western expedition solve a little logistics problem, and had to carry out indirect supply through stone pulling, in this case, the grain storage east of Qiuci was hardly affected much, because the high grain prices caused by the war in the west caused by the war, which caused the caravan to buy grain from the east and transport it to the west to make money. On the contrary, Zheng Wei was able to sell part of the grain stocks of Qiuzi and Yanqi to solve the financial problem, and as for the east of Shagua, even if the rice was not rotten, at least it was more than abundant.

The war is about money and food, although he is in debt at the moment, but there is food, Zhang Mai is in a good mood, but then Yang Dingguo said the biggest difficulty at the moment: that is, the lack of soldiers

Since the westward expedition, the outstanding soldiers in the east have been continuously transferred westward, and even the militia leaders and herding cavalry leaders who are good at organizing militia and herding cavalry have been transferred westward on a large scale, and the elite troops have been requisitioned and transferred so that almost only Xue Fu's sweaty cavalry regiment is left to support, of course, there are still some militias, recruits and Hu cavalry in Hexi. However, the militia's combat effectiveness is not strong, and the recruits are untested and unreliable, as for the Hu cavalry, although the Tiance regime has always pursued the policy of Hu and Han integration, it is also very vigilant at this stage, and it must not allow the Hu and Han forces to be out of balance, and the decision-making level left behind in Liangzhou does not dare to hand over all the defense of a certain area to the pure Hu cavalry. And many of the elite parts of the Hu cavalry have also been absorbed, such as the government soldier system, and went out with the army.

Therefore, when Yang Dingguo talked about this, he couldn't help but praise Xue Fu and said: "Our army's foundation in Hexi is so weak, in fact, it is just relying on the marshal's heavenly power to prop up a paper tiger, but Xue Fu can still take care of this stall without any mistakes, and even often threaten the outside world, so that Xiao Tang and Bashu are afraid of us, so that the Khitan does not dare to peep into the west, this method is really not simple."

But the higher Yang Dingguo's evaluation of Xue Fu during this time, the more it shows the weakness of the current Hexi troops, as Yang Dingguo described, the current Lianglan region is a paper tiger, and only the sweat and blood cavalry regiment can fight tough battles externally, this army is strong, but the number cannot match the Khitan cavalry that has entered the Taonan region, and Xue Fu is stationed in Liangzhou, while monitoring the Guanzhong Plain, on the other hand, to monitor the Shu State in the southwest, and at the same time to deter all ethnic groups and tribes in the Hehuang region, and can not be completely transferred to the northeast, Otherwise, the Khitan in the northeast is not peaceful, and there are still Hehuang areas in the southeast, I am afraid that hidden dangers will be buried first, and although the 20,000 elites of the western expedition have returned, they are all exhausted and unable to fight.

"The Khitan cavalry is constantly patrolling the Yellow River, and the reason why they dare not cross the Yellow River is because of our Luntai victory, which scared them," Yang Dingguo said: "But if we want to send troops to reinforce Lingzhou and Xiazhou, it will be a tough battle with the Khitans, according to the report of the spies, the cavalry that the Khitan entered Taonan this time is all fierce, except for the sweat and blood cavalry regiment, other Hexi troops are not enough to fight with it."

Zhang Mai sighed and said, "That means we have food now, but we don't have soldiers, right?" ”

"Yes." Yang Dingguo said: "If we can wait until the beginning of spring next year, our 20,000 elites will be relieved, and the soldiers from the west will also return one after another, then the integration of the army to the east will be enough to fight with the Khitan."

Zhang Mai sneered: "On the ground of Hexi, a man can ride a horse at the age of eight, since he has food and generals, he is afraid that there will be no soldiers in Lingzhou Xiazhou, whether he will defend or trap, it is related to the confidence of the Central Plains scholars and the people in us, I will never wait until next year to send troops."

Yang Dingguo said: "Marshal, you can't make a second Khitan is not a clan of Fangxing, but a strong Hu with decades of roots, cavalry, cavalry, cavalry, reconnaissance, ambush, secret agents, and use rooms, all in the battle of Xingluntai, and we actually won very reluctantly." The original people of Taonan, all migrated from the east of the river, and they were not under the Jian'er of Hexi, and they passed through Bule, led by the famous generals of the Yang family, but in the face of the Hu cavalry that came like a tide, they were also vulnerable, and now we are short of elite soldiers, once the soldiers are in battle array, and they are rushed by the enemy cavalry, it is bound to be defeated like a mountain, and the old man is not polite to say, if we are now guarding the city and the Yellow River, the Khitan may not be able to attack it, but if we send troops to save Lingzhou and Xiazhou, it will be sent to death."

Xue Suding also said: "What the old man said is that the current situation is very serious, it is not advisable to be impulsive, and please ask the marshal to bear with it for the time being, and wait for the elite of the Western Expedition to come back, and then it will not be too late to fight with the Khitan to destroy my Tiance foundation for many years."

"Years of business?" Zhang Mai sneered: "Our foundation for many years, all from the danger is only a qiē only to be safe, then we are still shepherding sheep and hunting in the wasteland west of the new Broken Leaf City, where can there be the power of sweeping thousands of miles today, you don't have to say, since there is food, then it is easy to say, you and cook, I will go out to fight a few Khitan children one day, and I can block my Zhang Mai in the west of the river."

Cao Yuanzhong shouted: "The marshal is mighty and invincible, this battle will be able to achieve great success, please let Yuan Zhonghu follow the left and right."

Yang Dingguo saw that Cao Yuanzhong was talking about himself, and he was angry in his heart, but at this time Zhang Mai's majesty was heavy, although Yang Dingguo was an elder of the country and an elder of Zhang Mai, he was also speechless for a while, he thought to himself that everyone in the palace, or only Zheng Wei could stop Zhang Mai, and even let him speak.

Zheng Wei is also a person who has experienced military warfare, although he doesn't care about military affairs, he is also familiar with military common sense, and knows that what Yang Dingguo said is true, but seeing that Zhang Mai was very rigid at this time, he didn't dare to touch his moldy head, so he changed his tone and said: "Marshal, even if you want to send troops now, there is still a big difficulty." ”

"What's the big problem?"

Zheng Wei said: "The Khitan broke through Linzhou, Fuzhou, and the people of Fulin all ran west, and in a day, they broke the south, and the people of the south also ran west. Originally, they all belonged to the territory of Xiaotang, but seeing the chaos in the Central Plains, these people did not go to Hedong, nor did they go to Guanzhong, but they all went to Hexi.

Zhang Mai smiled: "This is your business, I don't care if you say that there is no grain in Hexi?" ”

Zheng Wei said: "Sit and eat the mountains and empty mountains, even if you can raise them for three or five months, but looking at the situation, I am afraid that they will not be able to go back in the coming year, and they are all emergency refugees, almost all of them come empty, and it takes a lot of effort to settle them." ”

Zhang Mai smiled: "This is a good thing"

"A good thing?" Zheng Wei didn't understand.

Zhang Mai said: "We have just laid a huge territory, and we are worried about the vast and sparsely populated land, and now there are so many people, isn't it a good thing?" You can divide these hundreds of thousands of people who are good at farming, and go to the middle of the river and to India, where it is suddenly fertile, and then divide the two capable of farming and husbandry, and go to Luntai Shibian, and if there is a widower who has lost his wife, and lure them to go west, there are many orphans and widows waiting for them to be comforted, and don't you say that there are more than 200,000 people to the east of the Yellow River who are groaning and tossing and turning under the iron hooves of Hu Qi? ”

When he said this, his face showed anger: "With so many compatriots suffering at the doorstep, you are still sitting here and talking about the tiredness of the soldiers and the lack of soldiers, is this an excuse to see death and not save you?"

Yang Dingguo and Zheng Wei looked at each other, and complained bitterly in their hearts: "The marshal returned from the Western Expedition, full of ambition, and ignored everyone in the world. It's just that the lack of soldiers in Hexi is a fact, how can this be good. But he was blocked by Zhang Mai's bold words.

This is Yang Xin and Xu Congshi, who have not yet reported it, Zhang Mai has already asked: "Ziye, Fuguo, you have just traveled thousands of miles, are you tired now?" ”

Yang Xin Xu Congshi originally came to report the military situation, but when he heard Zhang Mai's question, Xu Congshi's reaction was slower, and Yang Xin's temperament was straighter, and he blurted out: "To be honest, tired." ”

Zhang Mai said again: "You two are from Linzhou, Fuzhou, but I heard that hundreds of thousands of people in Fulin Erzhou and Taonan are still suffering on the west bank of the Yellow River?" ”

Yang Xinxu returned to Hexi earlier than Zhang Mai, Zhang Mai said that the two couldn't help but tears fell, Zhang Mai said: "I want to send troops to save people now, but you are so tired, but you don't know if you can work harder, follow me to save people?" ”

When Yang Xinxu heard this, he knelt down and said: "In order to save the hometown fathers, I am willing to be driven by the marshal, how can this seven-foot body, after death, dare to mistake the lives of my hometown fathers and elders with fatigue."

Only a dozen monthly passes? That's too little. Everyone told each other that I would have more changes this month. Put the monthly pass on top, don't let Tang ride this month too desolate

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